This booking photo of Christian Bautista, a suspect in the murder of Lauren Bump, was taken on Oct. 30, 2007.

This booking photo of Christian Bautista, a suspect in the murder of Lauren Bump, was taken on Oct. 30, 2007.

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Christian Bautista was arrested Friday and charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing death of Lauren Bump at O.P. Schnabel Park Dec. 31.

Christian Bautista was arrested Friday and charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing death of Lauren Bump at O.P. Schnabel Park Dec. 31.

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Lauren Bump was killed Dec. 31 in O.P. Schnabel Park.

Lauren Bump was killed Dec. 31 in O.P. Schnabel Park.

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in a screengrab from the homepage of GiveForward is a photo of Lauren Bump who was found dead at O.P. Schnabel Park on New Year's Eve.

in a screengrab from the homepage of GiveForward is a photo of Lauren Bump who was found dead at O.P. Schnabel Park on New Year's Eve.

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Suspect in park slaying had lengthy criminal record

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SAN ANTONIO — Christian Bautista, 29, had been out of prison for about two months when he was charged with murder this weekend for the slaying of graduate student Lauren Bump.

Bump, 24, was found stabbed to death in the O.P. Schnabel Park on New Year's Eve.

Bautista was released from prison on Oct. 29. He had completed his full six-year sentence after pleading no contest to an aggravated robbery in 2007 in which authorities said he violently attacked a man with a crowbar.